Last updated: October 23, 2026 · Public sources only. No sale comps.
Sell Land for Data Center Development in Catawba County, North Carolina
Catawba County has had a named hyperscale data center since Apple picked Maiden in 2009. If you own land in the county now, the question is whether a second parcel has power and a clean story — not whether you can reprice off Apple’s original announcement. The read is free, and there is no obligation unless a deal closes.
What the state put on the record
North Carolina Commerce’s July 2009 note says Apple announced on July 6, 2009 that it would build a $1 billion data center in Maiden, after Catawba County and the town approved incentives. County commissioners’ minutes from that special meeting describe a data center on the Catawba Data Park site, a commitment of $1 billion or more over 10 years, and 50 direct company jobs in the package as then presented. That is the originating public record. It is not a 2026 land sale.
The Charlotte Business Journal reported in April 2021 that, of a planned $1 billion Apple investment in North Carolina, $448 million was tied to Catawba County operations. That is a later news report about a later commitment. Do not add it to the 2009 $1 billion figure. Both numbers are flagged below.
Power context, without a fake queue
Duke Energy is the utility landowners in this part of North Carolina deal with. Confirm on the parcel whether that is Duke Energy Carolinas or another operating company — this page does not guess the meter. North Carolina does not have a public ERCOT-style large-load queue to cite, and this page will not invent one. Duke’s own filings move, and a statewide percentage from an old blog post is not used here.
The other North Carolina campus with a current governor’s announcement is AWS in Richmond County, a different part of the state. Read that page before assuming Maiden and Hamlet are one market.
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What this does not tell you
- No count of buildings on the Maiden campus, because the 2009 record and the 2021 report do not establish a current building count this page is willing to print.
- No per-acre price.
- No claim that land “near Apple” has interconnection capacity.
If you own the land
- Sixteen years of an operating campus means contractors, fiber, and a utility that has seen this use. It does not mean the next field is entitled.
- Send acreage, sale or lease, and distance to a substation you can describe.
- Start at the North Carolina page or go straight to intake.
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Questions landowners ask
Is Maiden still an Apple site?
Apple announced it in 2009 and the 2021 reporting still described Catawba operations. This page does not publish a current megawatt load.
Does Duke have a public data center queue I can quote?
Not one this page is willing to treat as a landowner statistic. Use project announcements and your own utility letter instead.
Can I submit Catawba land?
Yes. Submit the parcel.
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Also in North Carolina: Richmond County
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